Ghaliya in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Ghaliya in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ghaliya plotted against Khartoum and Sudan. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Ghaliya's incremental SNDi rose from 1.11 to 1.18 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ghaliya ranked 1st out of 6 cities in Khartoum and 10th out of 78 in Sudan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.18
- Rank in Sudan
- 7th of 78
- Rank in Khartoum
- 1st of 6
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.17
- Rank in Sudan
- 10th of 78
- Rank in Khartoum
- 1st of 6
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Ghaliya fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Kamensk-Uralsky built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Kaman built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Ghaliya fluctuated in connectivity, while Kamensk-Uralsky became progressively more disconnected and Kaman became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Ghaliya and Kamensk-Uralsky have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.